Monday, August 25, 2008

Nery to Spain, for Real

Perhaps now one of Mexico's most talented can find some club stability he has not enjoyed for more than year.

Castillo had spent most of his career in Greece, with Olympiakos. But he left the Greek club for Shakhtar Donetsk last summer. His Ukrainian stay didn't last long as he joined Manchester City over the winter, and while that partnership didn't last his manager there is now in charge of the Mexican national team as Sven Goran Eriksson is with Mexico.

Castillo now seems poised to settle down with a club in the Spanish league, which is already home to Mexicans such as Rafael Marquez, Omar Bravo and Andres Guardado. Perhaps with some solid footing underneath, Castillo can shine for Sven as he did for Hugo Sanchez.

7 comments:

Nery's impatience has cost him dearly. Olympiakos wanted to keep him around, but he was hell bent on leaving after the Copa America.

Essentially, they screwed him over. Selling him to the highest $$ bidder rather than to his best club option. He was shipped off to Ukraine (against his wishes) and his attitude saw him benched, which cost him 6 months of inactivity.

I think Nery's not "good enough" if you're a Mexican who expects him to be a footballing god. However, if you have realistic expectations and realize he could probably be dangerous in a good club you can tell that a) his attitude has cost him big time, and b) he's also had a run of bad luck.

3 games into Man City and he was injured, just when he was starting to break some minutes.